Table Games Approved, Now What?

Some people are not very happy that the table games referendum was passed through the West Virginia legislature, or that the governor chose to sign it. They say that all this does is open the floodgates for more table games and expanded gambling throughout the state. They say that the government has been too loose with the gaming rules in the state, and that they have gone against the Constitution in approving them.

They are upset that county governments that have a track and vote in table games will get more money than those who don’t. They are upset that the economic growth that these counties are aiming for will only hurt the state in the end. First they say that the government voted in the approval for table games to be voted in those four specific counties, and that the original bill limited it to those counties that had horse or dog tracks already.

But then others said that it was too restrictive and that some counties could not be allowed things that other counties were, so the language was changed to incorporate all counties. Now, no matter where you live you could end up with a racetrack, and thus slot machines and table games in your backyard if the people in your county like the idea.

It is now apparent that since the counties with the racetracks will get more money than those that don’t, more and more counties will be adding racetracks so that they get more of the money as well. They are upset because they want to know where they go next. They said that PA might get slot machines, so they voted to approve slot machines. Then they said that PA might get table games so now they are allowing table games. They want to know what happens if PA gets table games, where will WV go next for their source of revenue?

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